A series of car bomb explosions in Baghdad, has killed at least 36 people and wounded more than 100. Police say the bombs targeted markets and car parks in mainly Shia Muslim districts of the city. Monday's bombings struck during the Iraqi capital's morning rush hour, with reports of 12 bombs, most of them in Shia neighbourhoods.
One of the deadliest attacks was reported from the eastern Sadr City district where seven people were killed and 75 wounded in a crowded vegetable market. Another six were reported killed in Shuala, a mainly Shia area of northern Baghdad.
On Sunday, at least 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a Shia Muslim mosque south of the city.